Documenting unreleased, cancelled and prototype video games.
Welcome to Games That Weren't!
We are an unreleased and cancelled video games archive with prototypes, developer history and assets for many computers and consoles of all ages. A non-profit large archive dedicated to preserving games that were never released to the public. Sharing history and stories from the developers, assets and more before it is too late.
Keeping up the updates for March, we have the following updates for you:
Flight Deck 2, Heebie Jeebies, Lusitania, Mega Twins, Orcus, Viking Child
I’ve been chatting to two guys called Simon and Ekkehard, who used to develop a lot of Vic 20 games back in the day.
In recent times, they had tried to recover their long lost work – but were having troubles doing so. Ekkehard finally got hold of a Vic 20 recently and managed to get his and Simon’s works preserved.
For more details and downloads for Simon’s game ‘Dudu’ and all of Ekkehard’s currently preserved works, check out the following links:
http://firepunchd.tumblr.com/post/80874300326/long-lost-first-vic20-84-game-found-an-old
http://blogs.newphoria.de/2014/03/27/some-of-my-vic-20-games/
Thanks to Stoo Cambridge for passing on his last remaining copy for preservation, Battle Ball has been finally recovered and released. This was due to be released on the Power House label, but sadly went under before it could be sold. Grab it from here:
In addition to that we have the following updates:
Play and Learn series, Restrictor, Shadowgate
We are pleased to announce that Games That Weren’t will have a display at Play Blackpool this 3rd and 4th May.
In collaboration with Andy Brown of Replay Events, we have helped pick a number of games for various consoles and computers which never saw a commercial release and will be available for people to play and check out.
For more details, check out:
http://www.playblackpool.com/games-that-werent-feature-revealed/
Another GTW64 update which includes:
Amazon Tales, Hangman, Ultimate Stunt Boat Challenge
Device for Alien Destruction, Microprose Soccer V1, Star Tech Games
Another GTW64 update which features a new entry thanks to Mark Wilson, and a set of tunes intended for the game. In addition – Arbitrator has had a set of tunes submitted by Mark which were also intended for the game.
Finally Ian Coog has provided SID tune rips for both Castle Boy and Starburst (as well as Arbitrator just moments ago), which we have added to all entries.
Thanks to Mark Wilson, the GEMS compilation pack has been digitally preserved, which includes 2 previously unreleased full games and also a far more complete version of Starburst (with previously unheard tunes by Andy Brown). This update also includes a new entry and a few updates thrown in to boot!
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